Make a Lone Star quilt with Courtenay of Missouri Star! (Tutorial Video)

Follow along as Courtenay Hughes teaches you how to master the evasive Lone Star and make it one of your favorite quilt patterns—we promise! With a few simple tips and tricks, this beautiful star block becomes a joy to create. It’s truly a clever way of looking at strip piecing. In this in-depth, totally FREE online tutorial, you’ll learn how to choose just the right fabrics to make your Lone Star shine, cut fabric accurately, piece the quilt together without one single Y-seam (seriously!), and feel confident as you assemble your quilt top. It will truly be a masterpiece when you’re finished and you won’t believe the results. Let’s get started!

-- About Courtenay --

Courtenay Hughes is our resident in-town instructor who also teaches online for Missouri Star. Over 30 years ago she started making stuffed bunnies and that simple beginning snowballed into a deep love of quilting and sewing. She’s a truly gifted quilter who makes complex techniques seem easy! When Courtenay’s not behind a sewing machine, you can find her taking long drives on the winding back roads of Missouri. She loves red velvet cake, classic Mustangs, her husband, and two wonderful children. Her advice to new quilters? “There are no quilt police. Also, take as many quilting classes as you can! Each instructor has something different to offer. Try many different ways to do one technique until you find one that works for you.” Oh, and don’t forget to laugh a lot!

-- About Missouri Star --

@Missouri Star Quilt Company provides free quick and easy sewing, quilting, and craft tutorials because we love to create. We offer these free online quilting classes to teach and inspire everyone—even the beginner. Precut fabric is used in most of our projects, and we have lots of tips and tricks to make quilting fast and simple. Be sure to watch all the way to the end of the video to get some pro tips from Jenny on cutting fabric with a ruler and rotary cutter.

Learn to sew with Jenny Doan as she teaches quilting tutorials from the heart. She’s the smiling face of Missouri Star Quilt Company! Stitching together simplified quilts full of love and laughter, Jenny makes quilting friendlier than ever before. With over half a million YouTube subscribers and more than 150 million views to date, she has sparked enthusiasm for quilting across the globe.

Missouri Star Quilt Company provides totally FREE quick and easy quilting, sewing, and craft tutorials every single week because we love to help you create! Follow along with these fun online classes to learn more about quilt design and quilting techniques. It’s an inspiration for everyone—from beginners to advanced quilters. To make quilting easier than ever before, precut fabrics are used as the building blocks of most projects. These quilt fabrics like layer cakes, charm packs, and jelly rolls make textile patchwork as easy as pie! Plus, we offer quilt patterns and quilting supplies along with gorgeous quilt material to simplify your experience. We hope you enjoy our quilting tutorials. Be sure to subscribe so you don’t miss a single one!

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[lizziedae]

I just love Courtenay’s personality! This company is just full of such wonderful and talented people!

[roserocker]

Courtney - you are awesome. What a great teacher you are . Thank you.

[deborahgiles]

Excellent tutorial. So many excellent suggestions for success with this tricky star quilt! Courtenay's came out SO FLAT!! Awesome.

[lisemonatalbot]

Courtenay, I love your teaching style. Your savoir-faire for online quilting teaching delivery is outstanding.
Absolutely loved this tutorial and now have the confidence to create a Lone Star quilt…and hopefully many more

[jennwaz]

Thank you again Courtenay nice to find you again I had the class on Craftsy 4 or 5 years ago found you here on utube making more lone stars 🎉🎉❤🎉🎉

[sharonwhiteley]

I absolutely love your method and explanations

[kathleenjohnson]

I love watching Courtenay, she is to easygoing and talanted.

[aliciak.]

O.m.g. msqc you have simplified yet another design. Little waste. Magical instructor. And the advice of slowing down helped out alot. Starch mark pin press (not iron). Great advice. Thank you so much. I'm so grateful to have you.

[sharonbakos]

I loved Courtenay's tutorial. She's very professional and has a great personality.

[thetarotdreamwalker]

I've wanted to learn to make one of these for quite a while now. This star pattern is popular with Native American cultures, and I want so much to try it. While this is the best, easiest tutorial I've found so far, I do understand that it will level up my quilting skills to keep seams aligned that don't nest. I'm so excited to pick my fabric for this one, and I'm not ruling out a christmas theme. Love it, Courtenay!!

[NancyEmery-hmeb]

Courtesy, you are awesome! As part of a mystery quilt, I made my first LoneStar. I watched sections of your video over and over and over again. This was definitely above my skill level, but with your help, I did it. Thank you so much!

[beverlyastor]

Thank you Courtenay
My 1st time making a Lone Star Quilt

[roserocker]

I love this video, the teacher was exceptional with explaining every detail just perfect . Thank you 😉

[franpatzcraig]

Excellent tutorial! Courtenay is another fantastic MSQC teacher. Let's see more of her, please?

[hewitthouse]

Hi from Wisconsin. This is the best Lone Star Quilt tutorial I have seen; the humor is so refreshing. Thank you Thank you Courtney, you are an awesome Jenny Doran, don’t let this one get away!!!

[susjorgensen]

Greetings from Denmark 🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰 best Lone Star tutorial ever thanh you

[barbarafaust]

I loved this tutorial. Can't wait to make another one....your way... Would love to see a tutorial for a larger Lone Star Quilt.
Thanks for a great tutorial.

[susiecall]

Best tutorial on the Lone Star quilt. Great instructions !

[Happybidr]

Courtenay, what fun you are! Great tutorial for a terrific quilt style.

[CALB]

EXCELLENT TUTORIAL! I learned several new brilliant tips to make my intersections accurate! THANK YOU SO MUCH!